Is it possible that intravenous insulin, a hormone produced naturally by the body in order to regulate carbohydrate and fat metabolism by the liver, is capable of providing an alternative medicine for cancer? This is what can be gleaned from the name of Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT), which is being described by certain doctors as a “gentle” and “effective” treatment for the full spectrum of cancers. Conventional cancer treatment involves the administering of a cocktail of harmful chemicals, the effects of which are balanced to kill cancerous cells in the body while keeping the side-effects tolerable. However, the adjective ‘tolerable’ in this context is really no hyperbole. Many patients receiving full-dose chemotherapy will describe the side effects of hair loss, nausea and vomiting, fevers and chronic fatigue as one of the greatest health ordeals they’ve had to face. With this in mind, it would represent an incredible advancement in the field of oncology if intravenous insulin were capable of being a gentle and effective alternative medicine for cancer! Let’s take a closer look at how IPT is intended to work…
Is Intravenous Insulin an Alternative Medicine for Cancer?
Intravenous insulin is purported by certain medical doctors to amplify or potentiate the effects of chemotherapy on cancer cells. By rendering the affected cells – and not the body’s healthy cells – more permeable to the over 50 different chemotherapy drugs, intravenous insulin supposedly enables doctors to achieve the same results in patients using a much reduced dose of chemotherapy. In fact, IPT using intravenous insulin generally recommends administering 10% of the standard chemotherapy dose. As a result, the terrible side effects of nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fatigue and fevers are much reduced if not completely eliminated with this alternative medicine for cancer.
Having said this, it is important to note that intravenous insulin is just that: an alternative medicine for cancer. There is no peer-reviewed and published scientific research supporting IPT therapy and its ability to effectively treat cancer. Without scientific substantiation, medical doctors supporting intravenous insulin as an alternative medicine for cancer have to be exceedingly careful in the way they promote IPT. The medical community is extremely wary of distracting sick patients from the commonly accepted method of getting better.
The Future of Intravenous Insulin as an Alternative Medicine for Cancer
Just because there is no published scientific literature on IPT therapy doesn’t mean that intravenous insulin (with low dose chemotherapy) will never be accepted by the medical community as an alternative medicine for cancer. Most reports of success with IPT are anecdotal and have been reported by dozens of doctors. It is hoped that a more concerted effort will be made in the near future to provide scientific substantiation and precedent for IPT Therapy as an alternative medicine for cancer. If this were the case and if clear positive results were gained, not only would IPT provide patients with a less traumatic journey to recovery, but a less expensive one too!